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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950142-08-001492
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080825
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080827
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080827

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEW YORK TIMES CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000071691
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NEWSPAPERS:  PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711]
		IRS NUMBER:				131102020
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2125561234

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001371517

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05837
		FILM NUMBER:		081043052

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 MADISON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		16TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-521-6970

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 MADISON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		16TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SITUATIONS FUND, L.P.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20060803

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS NY, LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001424595
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05837
		FILM NUMBER:		081043051

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O HARBINGER CAP PTNRS OFFSHORE MGR LLC
		STREET 2:		2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35203
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(205) 987-5500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O HARBINGER CAP PTNRS OFFSHORE MGR LLC
		STREET 2:		2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35203

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIREBRAND/HARBINGER, LLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20080122

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND I, LTD.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001233563

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05837
		FILM NUMBER:		081043053

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O INTERNATIONAL FUND SERVICES LIMITED
		STREET 2:		THIRD FL, BISHOP'S SQUARE REDMOND'S HILL
		CITY:			DUBLIN  2
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2125216972

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O INTERNATIONAL FUND SERVICES LIMITED
		STREET 2:		THIRD FL, BISHOP'S SQUARE REDMOND'S HILL
		CITY:			DUBLIN  2
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			00000

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HARBERT DISTRESSED INVESTMENT MASTER FUND LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030516
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    <periodOfReport>2008-08-25</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000071691</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NEW YORK TIMES CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NYT</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001233563</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND I, LTD.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>THIRD FL, BISHOP'S SQUARE REDMOND'S HILL</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DUBLIN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>L2</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>00000</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>IRELAND</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>* See Remarks</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001371517</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>555 MADISON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>16TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>* See Remarks</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001424595</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS NY, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HARBINGER CAP PTNRS OFFSHORE MGR LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>BIRMINGHAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>35203</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>* See Remarks</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Equity Swap</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F6"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-08-25</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>12.9047</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F6"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F6"/>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>42000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Equity Swap</value>
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                <footnoteId id="F7"/>
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            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F7"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>28000</value>
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            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">IMPORTANT NOTE: THE SECURITIES SET FORTH IN THIS REPORT ARE DIRECTLY BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER
 FUND I, LTD., HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P. AND/OR HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS NY, LLC
 (COLLECTIVELY, THE &quot;FUNDS&quot;). ALL OTHER REPORTING PERSONS ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THIS REPORT DUE TO THEIR AFFILIATION WITH ONE
 OR MORE OF THE FUNDS.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager, L.L.C., or Harbinger Management, is the investment manager of the Master Fund.
 HMC Investors, L.L.C., or HMC Investors, is the managing member of Harbinger Management. Philip Falcone is a member of HMC
 Investors and the portfolio manager of the Master Fund. Raymond J. Harbert and Michael D. Luce are members of HMC Investors.
 Each of Harbinger Management, HMC Investors and Messrs. Falcone, Harbert and Luce may be deemed to beneficially own the
 securities owned directly or indirectly by the Master Fund. Such persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported
 securities except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission
 that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
 Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations GP, LLC, or HCPSS, is the general partner of the Special Situations Fund,
 HMC-New York, Inc., or HMCNY, is the managing member of HCPSS. Harbert Management Corporation, or HMC, is the parent of
 HMCNY. Philip Falcone is a shareholder of HMC and the portfolio manager of the Special Situations Fund. Raymond J. Harbert
 and Michael D. Luce are shareholders of HMC. Each of HCPSS, HMCNY, HMC, and Messrs. Falcone, Harbert and Luce may be deemed
 to beneficially own the securities owned directly or indirectly by the Special Situations Fund. Such persons disclaim
 beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein, and this
 report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of
 Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Master Fund, the Special Situations Fund and Firebrand Investments, LLC, or Firebrand Investments, are members of the
 LLC. Scott Galloway is the managing member of Firebrand Investments. The Master Fund has sole investment control over the
 securities directly owned by the LLC that were contributed to the LLC by the Master Fund or purchased using capital
 contributions of the Master Fund to the LLC. The Special Situations Fund has sole investment control over the securities
 directly owned by the LLC that were contributed to the LLC by the Special Situations Fund or purchased using capital
 contributions of the Special Situations Fund to the LLC. Firebrand Investments has sole investment control over the
 securities directly owned by the LLC that were contributed to the LLC by Firebrand Investments (or certain related
 investors) or purchased using capital contributions of Firebrand Investments (or certain related investors) to the LLC.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Under the terms of the operating agreement of the LLC, Firebrand Investments has an interest in the net profits from
 investments in the Issuer that are made by the Master Fund and the Special Situations Fund, including direct investments and
 indirect investments through the LLC. Mr. Galloway may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own securities that are
 beneficially owned by Firebrand Investments. Firebrand Investments and Mr. Galloway disclaim beneficial ownership of the
 securities beneficially owned by the LLC, the Master Fund and the Special Situations Fund, except to the extent of his or
 its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the
 beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any
 other purpose.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">On Aug. 25 2008, the Master Fund entered into an equity swap transaction with a counterparty effective on Aug. 25, 2008,
 under which the counterparty agreed to pay the Master Fund an amount equal to any increase, and the Master Fund agreed to
 pay the counterparty an amount equal to any decrease, in the official market price of 42,000 notional shares above or below
 an initial reference price of US$12.9047 per share upon close-out of any transaction. The equity swap transaction does not
 contemplate interim payments of appreciation or depreciation of the shares, and the Master Fund is not entitled to any
 dividends on the shares or equivalent thereof. All balances will be cash settled, and neither party shall acquire any
 ownership interest, voting or similar rights, or dispositive power over any share under the equity swap transaction. The
 equity swap transaction may be closed out by the Master Fund at any time.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">On Aug. 25, 2008, the Special Situations Fund entered into an equity swap transaction with a counterparty effective on
 Aug. 25, 2008, under which the counterparty agreed to pay the Special Situations Fund an amount equal to any increase, and
 the Special Situations Fund agreed to pay the counterparty an amount equal to any decrease, in the official market price of
 28,000 notional shares above or below an initial reference price of US$12.9047 per share upon close-out of any transaction.
 The equity swap transaction does not contemplate interim payments of appreciation or depreciation of the shares, and the
 Special Situations Fund is not entitled to any dividends on the shares or equivalent thereof. All balances will be cash
 settled, and neither party shall acquire any ownership interest, voting or similar rights, or dispositive power over any
 share under the equity swap transaction. The equity swap transaction may be closed out by the Special Situations Fund at any
 time.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>(*) The Reporting Persons and the other persons referred to the footnotes to this Statement may be deemed to be members of a
 &quot;group&quot; for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of any
 securities deemed to be owned by the group that are not directly owned by the reporting person. This Statement shall not be
 deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is a member of a group or the beneficial owner of any securities not directly
 owned by such Reporting Person.

(**) Given that the EDGAR system limits the number of filers on an electronic submission filed under Section 16 to a maximum
 of ten, the shares reported herein as directly beneficially owned by Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd.,
 Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. and Harbinger Capital Partners NY, LLC are also being reported on a
 separate Form 4 as indirectly owned by Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager, L.L.C., HMC Investors, L.L.C., Harbinger
 Capital Partners Special Situations GP, LLC, HMC-New York, Inc., Harbert Management Corporation, Philip Falcone, Raymond J.
 Harbert, Michael D. Luce, Firebrand Investments, LLC and Scott Galloway. Each as more fully described in such separate Form
 4.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd., By: Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager, L.L.C., By: HMC Investors, L.L.C., Managing Member, By: /s/ William R. Lucas, Jr., Executive Vice President</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-08-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P., By: Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations GP, LLC, By: HMC - New York, Inc., Managing Member, By: /s/ William R. Lucas, Jr., Executive Vice President</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-08-27</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Harbinger Capital Partners, NY, LLC, By: Harbinger Capital Master Fund I, Ltd., By: Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager, L.L.C., its Investment Manager, By: HMC Investors, L.L.C., its Managing Member, By: /s/ William R. Lucas, Jr., Executive VP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-08-27</signatureDate>
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